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Teen who raped woman and hit her with paving slab jailed for lifehttps://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/feb/16/charlie-pearce-jailed-for-life-rape-hit-woman-with-paving-slab-leicester
<p>Charlie Pearce, 17, to serve at least 11 years for attack of ‘animalistic savagery’ in Leicester</p><p><br>An “exceptionally dangerous” teenage rapist who bludgeoned a woman with a paving slab and left her for dead in an act of “animalistic savagery” has been locked up for life.</p><p>Charlie Pearce carried out the attack on the woman on his 17th birthday in July, having researched rape online. </p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/feb/16/charlie-pearce-jailed-for-life-rape-hit-woman-with-paving-slab-leicester">Continue reading...</a>CrimeLeicesterRape and sexual assaultUK newsFri, 16 Feb 2018 16:56:32 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/feb/16/charlie-pearce-jailed-for-life-rape-hit-woman-with-paving-slab-leicesterPhotograph: Leicestershire Police/PAPhotograph: Leicestershire Police/PAPress Association2018-02-16T16:56:32ZCouple fined for using fake garage door to hide house in Leicesterhttps://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/feb/12/leicestershire-couple-reeta-herzallah-hamdi-almasri-fined-fake-garage-door-house
<p>Reeta Herzallah and Hamdi Almasri breached Blaby district council planning regulations</p><p>A couple have been fined after using a fake garage door and high fence to hide a residential property from a council.</p><p>Reeta Herzallah and Hamdi Almasri breached planning regulations and were caught in October 2015, Blaby district council said.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/feb/12/leicestershire-couple-reeta-herzallah-hamdi-almasri-fined-fake-garage-door-house">Continue reading...</a>LeicesterUK newsMon, 12 Feb 2018 18:48:45 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/feb/12/leicestershire-couple-reeta-herzallah-hamdi-almasri-fined-fake-garage-door-housePhotograph: Blaby District Council/PAPhotograph: Blaby District Council/PAPress Association2018-02-12T18:48:45ZWoman jailed after backing out of suicide pact with manhttps://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/jan/19/woman-jailed-after-backing-out-of-suicide-pact-with-man
<p>Natasha Gordon sentenced to four years in prison for encouraging Matthew Birkinshaw to kill himself<br></p><p>A woman has been jailed for four years after she made a suicide pact with a man but backed out and left him to die alone.</p><p>Natasha Gordon, a 44-year-old former pole dancer, was convicted last month after encouraging Matthew Birkinshaw, a 31-year-old postman, to kill himself. She showed no emotion in the dock as the jail sentence was passed on Friday.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/jan/19/woman-jailed-after-backing-out-of-suicide-pact-with-man">Continue reading...</a>CrimeLeicesterUK newsFri, 19 Jan 2018 16:01:39 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/jan/19/woman-jailed-after-backing-out-of-suicide-pact-with-manPhotograph: Josh Payne/PAPhotograph: Josh Payne/PAKevin Rawlinson2018-01-19T16:01:39ZShopkeeper uses karate skills to tackle robberhttps://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/dec/28/shopkeeper-karate-skills-tackle-attempted-robber
<p>Sibu Kuruvilla says his black belt in martial art gave him courage to pin down assailant who appeared to be armed with pistol</p><p>A man apparently trying to carry out an armed robbery on a corner shop on Christmas Eve ended up pinned to the floor by the shopkeeper – a black belt in karate – and “begging” to be released.</p><p>CCTV footage showed the man threatening Sibu Kuruvilla and an assistant with what appeared to be a pistol inside the shop, before being thrown to the floor. Police later arrived, alerted via the shop’s silent alarm.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/dec/28/shopkeeper-karate-skills-tackle-attempted-robber">Continue reading...</a>LeicesterCrimeUK newsThu, 28 Dec 2017 16:44:13 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/dec/28/shopkeeper-karate-skills-tackle-attempted-robberPhotograph: Richard Vernalls/PAPhotograph: Richard Vernalls/PAKevin Rawlinson2017-12-28T16:44:13ZLeicester car park where Richard III was buried given protected statushttps://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/dec/21/leicester-car-park-richard-iii-buried-given-protected-status
<p>Heritage minister says protecting site as a scheduled monument will ensure its preservation for future generations</p><p>The scruffy council car park in Leicester that was revealed in 2012 to an astonished world as the site where Richard III was buried in 1485 is being given <a href="https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/what-is-designation/scheduled-monuments/">scheduled monument status</a> by the government. </p><p>The listing is to protect “one of the most important sites in our national history”, the remains of the medieval friary where the battered, naked body of the last Plantagenet king was buried after he lost the Battle of Bosworth, his life and his crown to Henry Tudor.</p><p> <span>Related: </span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/science/2016/mar/22/armchair-archaeologists-can-explore-richard-iiis-grave-in-online-model">Armchair archaeologists can explore Richard III's grave in online model</a> </p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/dec/21/leicester-car-park-richard-iii-buried-given-protected-status">Continue reading...</a>Richard IIIMonarchyUK newsLeicesterHeritageCultureArchaeologyScienceThu, 21 Dec 2017 00:01:45 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/dec/21/leicester-car-park-richard-iii-buried-given-protected-statusPhotograph: Historic EnglandPhotograph: Historic EnglandMaev Kennedy2017-12-21T00:01:45ZWoman dies from injuries sustained in Birstall home blasthttps://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/dec/12/woman-dies-birstall-home-blast-gas-explosion-leicester
<p>Suspected gas explosion reduced house near Leicester to rubble and left two others injured, one of whom remains in hospital</p><p>A woman who was in a critical condition in hospital after a house was destroyed in a suspected gas blast has died.<br tabindex="-1"></p><p>One man is receiving treatment in hospital, while another has been discharged after <a draggable="true" href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/dec/11/leicester-gas-explosion-three-hurt-and-home-destroyed">the explosion</a> reduced the home to rubble in Birstall, near Leicester, on Monday.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/dec/12/woman-dies-birstall-home-blast-gas-explosion-leicester">Continue reading...</a>LeicesterUK newsTue, 12 Dec 2017 16:48:36 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/dec/12/woman-dies-birstall-home-blast-gas-explosion-leicesterPhotograph: Josh Payne/PAPhotograph: Josh Payne/PAPress Association2017-12-12T16:48:36ZThree hurt and home destroyed in Leicester gas explosionhttps://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/dec/11/leicester-gas-explosion-three-hurt-and-home-destroyed
<p>Further property partially collapses and dozens of houses are evacuated in early-morning blast, which was felt a mile away</p><p>Three people have been hurt after a gas explosion in Leicestershire destroyed a house and damaged several others.</p><p>Everybody has been accounted for after the blast, which led to the evacuation of dozens of properties in Birstall, three miles north of Leicester city centre. Nearby homeowners described being woken up by a huge bang, which shook doors and windows. </p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/dec/11/leicester-gas-explosion-three-hurt-and-home-destroyed">Continue reading...</a>LeicesterUK newsMon, 11 Dec 2017 11:01:49 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/dec/11/leicester-gas-explosion-three-hurt-and-home-destroyedPhotograph: Ben Birchall/PAPhotograph: Ben Birchall/PAPress Association2017-12-11T11:01:49ZGerald Bernbaum obituaryhttps://www.theguardian.com/education/2017/oct/26/gerald-bernbaum-obituary
<p>My friend Gerald Bernbaum, who has died aged 81, was a poor East End boy who went on to have a successful academic career and became vice-chancellor of South Bank University, London.</p><p>Gerry was the son of Ben, a tailor, and his wife, Betty (nee Sack), and the grandson of Jewish immigrants from Poland and Ukraine. He was brought up in a rented house in Hackney, east London, with an outside toilet.&nbsp;He attended Hackney Downs school, at the time a grammar school. From there he went on to study at the London School of Economics, enrolling for statistics but switching to economics and politics.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/education/2017/oct/26/gerald-bernbaum-obituary">Continue reading...</a>Higher educationLondon South Bank UniversityEducationLondonUK newsLeicesterUniversity of LeicesterThu, 26 Oct 2017 15:33:25 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/education/2017/oct/26/gerald-bernbaum-obituaryPhotograph:Photograph:Anthony Giddens2017-10-26T15:33:25ZA different class of suffragette | Lettershttps://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/oct/04/pankhurst-fawcett-alice-hawkins-different-class-suffragette
Millicent Fawcett did more for women’s suffrage than Emmeline Pankhurst, says <strong>Emilie Lamplough</strong>, and Leicester’s Alice Hawkins is equally worthy of a statue, writes <strong>Cllr Adam Clarke</strong><p>June Purvis paints a very admirable picture of Emmeline Pankhurst (<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/sep/27/suffragist-statue-parliament-square-emmeline-pankhurst-millicent-fawcett" title="">A suffragist statue in Parliament Square would write Emmeline Pankhurst out of history</a>, theguardian.com, 27 September) as a colourful campaigner. But she was also an extremist who supported planting bombs and committing acts of arson. When anyone disagreed with her she simply tended to throw them out of the movement, including her own daughter, Sylvia Pankhurst, who believed working-class women should have the right to vote but her middle-class mother wasn’t interested and they fell out over it. So much for diversity.</p><p>Emmeline Pankhurst caused too much hoo-ha to possibly be forgotten but as a radical whom society frowned upon, she made the issue of women’s votes frowned upon, and the only helpful thing she ever did was put a stop to her militant “deeds not words” tactics after the outbreak of the first world war.</p><p> <span>Related: </span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/apr/25/millicent-fawcett-was-a-heroine-deserving-of-a-statue">Millicent Fawcett was a heroine deserving of a statue | Letters</a> </p><p> <span>Related: </span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/bike-blog/2011/nov/04/bicycle-symbol-womens-emancipation">How the bicycle became a symbol of women's emancipation</a> </p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/oct/04/pankhurst-fawcett-alice-hawkins-different-class-suffragette">Continue reading...</a>Emmeline PankhurstWomenLeicesterUK newsLife and styleWomen in politicsGenderPoliticsInequalityHuman rightsLawWomen's suffrageWed, 04 Oct 2017 17:27:59 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/oct/04/pankhurst-fawcett-alice-hawkins-different-class-suffragettePhotograph: Hulton Archive/Getty ImagesPhotograph: Hulton Archive/Getty ImagesLetters2017-10-04T17:27:59ZRyanair plane makes emergency landing after losing nose wheelhttps://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/sep/15/ryanair-plane-emergency-landing-east-midlands-airport-lost-nose-wheel
<p>Boeing 737 flying from Stansted to Copenhagen lands safely after being diverted to East Midlands airport</p><p>A Ryanair plane has been forced to make an emergency landing after losing one of its two nose wheels.</p><p>The loss occurred after the Boeing 737 took off from Stansted bound for Copenhagen at 8.07am on Friday.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/sep/15/ryanair-plane-emergency-landing-east-midlands-airport-lost-nose-wheel">Continue reading...</a>RyanairAir transportAirline industryBusinessWorld newsUK newsLeicesterDerbyTransportFri, 15 Sep 2017 17:48:26 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/sep/15/ryanair-plane-emergency-landing-east-midlands-airport-lost-nose-wheelPhotograph: @twittalegend/PAPhotograph: @twittalegend/PAPress Association2017-09-15T17:48:26ZPolice on the frontline bear the brunt of cuts to their service and others | Lettershttps://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/jun/28/police-on-the-frontline-bear-the-brunt-of-cuts-to-their-service-and-others
<strong>Willy Bach</strong> and <strong>Simon Cole</strong>, in charge of policing in Leicestershire, say the cuts have gone too far; <strong>DCI Louise Fleckney</strong> says officers pick up the pieces when other services fall apart; <strong>John Starbuck</strong> says policing is about more than crime<p>Your editorial is welcome even if your conclusions are a little confusing (<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/jun/25/the-guardian-view-on-policing-and-cuts-something-has-to-give" title="">Money is not the only answer but effective policing is at great risk</a>, 26 June). Our force is medium-sized and covers a very diverse area ranging from deep inner city to very prosperous rural areas. Some things are constant – our population is continuing to increase heavily, there is a reduction of other services, more vulnerability, and the complexity of a digitally enabled world.</p><p>When we consult with the public they never, ever ask for less policing. But without more investment that is exactly what they are going to get.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/jun/28/police-on-the-frontline-bear-the-brunt-of-cuts-to-their-service-and-others">Continue reading...</a>PolicePolice and crime commissionersUK newsLeicesterPublic sector cutsPublic services policyPublic financeSocietyWed, 28 Jun 2017 18:36:06 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/jun/28/police-on-the-frontline-bear-the-brunt-of-cuts-to-their-service-and-othersPhotograph: SilverHub/REX/ShutterstockPhotograph: SilverHub/REX/ShutterstockLetters2017-06-28T18:36:06ZSchoolgirl who fell from Drayton Manor ride died of chest injurieshttps://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/may/17/drayton-manor-girl-who-fell-from-ride-died-of-chest-injuries-evha-jannath
<p>Coroner says blunt force chest trauma killed Evha Jannath, 11, who was on school trip to theme park in Staffordshire </p><p>An 11-year-old schoolgirl who died after falling from a water ride at Drayton Manor theme park suffered fatal chest injuries, a postmortem examination has found. The South Staffordshire coroner’s office released the cause of Evha Jannath’s death as “blunt force chest trauma” and said an inquest into her death would open next Tuesday.</p><p>In a separate statement, Staffordshire police said: “The preliminary cause of death has been identified by HM Coroner as chest injuries, however investigations continue. The investigation into Evha’s death remains a joint investigation between Staffordshire police and the Health and Safety Executive.”</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/may/17/drayton-manor-girl-who-fell-from-ride-died-of-chest-injuries-evha-jannath">Continue reading...</a>UK newsLeicesterSchoolsWed, 17 May 2017 15:46:52 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/may/17/drayton-manor-girl-who-fell-from-ride-died-of-chest-injuries-evha-jannathPhotograph: Staffordshire Police/PAPhotograph: Staffordshire Police/PAPress Association2017-05-17T15:46:52ZFamily 'devastated' by death of girl who fell from Drayton Manor ridehttps://www.theguardian.com/education/2017/may/10/police-name-girl-who-died-after-falling-from-drayton-manor-ride
<p>Relatives of Evha Jannath, 11, from Leicester, say their ‘world was torn apart’ when she died after theme park incident</p><p>The family of an 11-year-old girl who died after falling into water from a ride at a theme park have said their “world was torn apart” by her death, as relatives called for the attraction to stay closed while investigations continue.</p><p>Evha Jannath, from Leicester, was at Drayton Manor theme park in Staffordshire as part of a school trip with the Jameah girls academy, an Islamic day school, Staffordshire police said.<br></p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/education/2017/may/10/police-name-girl-who-died-after-falling-from-drayton-manor-ride">Continue reading...</a>UK newsLeicesterSchoolsEducationTravelWed, 10 May 2017 21:53:16 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/education/2017/may/10/police-name-girl-who-died-after-falling-from-drayton-manor-ridePhotograph: Staffordshire Police/PAPhotograph: Staffordshire Police/PAJamie Grierson and Kevin Rawlinson2017-05-10T21:53:16ZRichard III would be a nobody without Shakespeare | Lettershttps://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/may/10/richard-iii-would-be-a-nobody-without-shakespeare
Richard will not be turning in his grave at this new production, writes Jeremy Muldowney<p>Yes, we all know that Shakespeare’s Richard III was a “fiction that more than anything else has blackened this man’s reputation” (<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/may/08/a-play-to-make-richard-iii-turn-in-his-grave" title="">Letters</a>, 9 May), but such was Shakespeare’s genius that the pantomime villain he created has surely attracted more interest in this much-maligned monarch than any more obvious panegyric could possibly achieve? As a southerner of Lancastrian antecedents I might never have discovered Richard at all, were it not for my English teacher’s enthusiasm for Shakespeare and his ironic take on the Richard story. He encouraged a school friend and me to become involved in a spectacular production of the play in the ruins of Reading Abbey. More than four decades later my friend lives in Leicester and I live in York. We still meet up to compare notes. No, Richard will not be turning in his grave at this new production in Leicester Cathedral. Either he is utterly beyond such vain human conceits, or he will keep smiling the thin sardonic smile we know so well from the alleged portrait, safe in the knowledge that Shakespeare was ultimately his ally rather than his foe.<br><strong>Jeremy Muldowney</strong><br><em>York Shakespeare Project</em></p><p>• So Leicester Cathedral plans to stage Shakespeare’s Richard III close to the monarch’s recent and much-feted final resting place. How insensitive and disrespectful this is. At best, it is an ignorant attempt to capitalise on the king’s name for publicity purposes. At worst, it shows a callous disregard for its own promise to bury Richard III “with dignity and honour”. No matter how one regards the play – as history, satire or simply entertainment, no matter how “sensitively” it is produced, the script is fictional vitriol and damning to the reputation of Richard III. There are still people who believe the story in its entirety and it beggars belief that anyone in authority at Leicester Cathedral could see this as compatible with an honourable Christian burial for the last king to die in battle on English soil. This production should be relocated and the powers that be should seriously reflect on their role as custodians of Richard III’s mortal remains.<br><strong>Ruth Carty</strong><br><em>Portsmouth</em></p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/may/10/richard-iii-would-be-a-nobody-without-shakespeare">Continue reading...</a>Richard IIIMonarchyUK newsLeicesterWed, 10 May 2017 17:54:38 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/may/10/richard-iii-would-be-a-nobody-without-shakespearePhotograph: Neil Hall/ReutersPhotograph: Neil Hall/ReutersLetters2017-05-10T17:54:38ZA play to make Richard III turn in his grave | Letterhttps://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/may/08/a-play-to-make-richard-iii-turn-in-his-grave
A reader is unimpressed by Leicester cathedral’s decision to allow Shakespeare’s Richard III to be staged close to the real king’s resting place<p>“Dignity and honour” the authorities at Leicester Cathedral promised ad nauseam when they were allowed the privilege of burying King Richard III’s remains in 2015. Now, scant two years later, they promote a performance, only feet away from his tomb, of Shakespeare’s Richard III – the fiction that more than anything else has for centuries blackened this man’s reputation (<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2017/may/07/richard-iii-shakespeare-staged-leicester-cathedral" title="">Richard III to be staged in king’s last resting place</a>, 8 May).</p><p> <span>Related: </span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/may/08/richard-iii-staging-in-leicester-cathedral-condemned">Richard III staging in Leicester Cathedral condemned</a> </p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/may/08/a-play-to-make-richard-iii-turn-in-his-grave">Continue reading...</a>Richard IIIWilliam ShakespeareLeicesterMonarchyUK newsTheatreStageHistoryBooksCultureMon, 08 May 2017 17:27:58 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/may/08/a-play-to-make-richard-iii-turn-in-his-gravePhotograph: Joe Giddens/PAPhotograph: Joe Giddens/PALetters2017-05-08T17:27:58ZRichard III staging in Leicester Cathedral condemnedhttps://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/may/08/richard-iii-staging-in-leicester-cathedral-condemned
<p>Screenwriter who led project to find king’s remains in car park deplores plan as ‘wholly unprincipled’ </p><p>A screenwriter who spearheaded the project to find the remains of Richard III has condemned plans to stage Shakespeare’s play in the cathedral where he was reburied in 2015.</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2013/dec/08/philippa-langley-richard-third-car-park">Philippa Langley</a>, who created the <a href="http://philippalangley.co.uk/looking-for-richard.html">Looking for Richard project</a>, said she was “shocked and deeply disappointed” that Leicester Cathedral would be playing host to a touring production of Richard III.</p><p> <span>Related: </span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/may/08/a-play-to-make-richard-iii-turn-in-his-grave">A play to make Richard III turn in his grave | Letter</a> </p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/may/08/richard-iii-staging-in-leicester-cathedral-condemned">Continue reading...</a>Richard IIILeicesterTheatreMonarchyUK newsStageCultureWilliam ShakespeareMon, 08 May 2017 13:56:37 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/may/08/richard-iii-staging-in-leicester-cathedral-condemnedPhotograph: Joe Giddens/PAPhotograph: Joe Giddens/PAMark Brown Arts correspondent2017-05-08T13:56:37ZShakespeare's Richard III to be staged at Leicester Cathedralhttps://www.theguardian.com/stage/2017/may/07/richard-iii-shakespeare-staged-leicester-cathedral
<p>Organisers promise ‘sensitive’ production at cathedral where monarch was buried after remains were found under car park</p><p>A “sensitive” staging of William Shakespeare’s Richard III has been promised for a production at Leicester Cathedral, home to the medieval monarch’s remains, which were found under a council car park.<br></p><p>The cathedral will be the setting in July for a play that portrays Richard as disfigured and a vicious, lying sadist.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2017/may/07/richard-iii-shakespeare-staged-leicester-cathedral">Continue reading...</a>TheatreStageRichard IIILeicesterMonarchyCultureUK newsSun, 07 May 2017 16:16:15 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/stage/2017/may/07/richard-iii-shakespeare-staged-leicester-cathedralPhotograph: Darren Staples/REUTERSPhotograph: Darren Staples/REUTERSMark Brown Arts correspondent2017-05-07T16:16:15ZMan who beat wife with cricket bat is jailed after misleading courthttps://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/apr/07/man-who-beat-wife-with-cricket-bat-is-jailed-after-misleading-court
<p>Mustafa Bashir sentenced to 18 months in prison after Leicestershire County Cricket Club job claim turns out to be false</p><p>A man who beat his wife with a cricket bat and forced her to drink bleach has been resentenced to 18 months after he avoided jail at an earlier hearing by falsely claiming to have a job offer as a professional cricketer.</p><p>Mustafa Bashir, 34, admitted assaulting Fakhara Karim, 33, but was initially given a suspended sentence at Manchester crown court after he said Leicestershire County Cricket Club had offered him a contract.</p><p> <span>Related: </span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/apr/05/cricketer-mustafa-bashir-spared-jail-after-beating-wife-with-bat-faces-sentence-review">Cricketer's suspended sentence for beating wife with bat to be reviewed</a> </p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/apr/07/man-who-beat-wife-with-cricket-bat-is-jailed-after-misleading-court">Continue reading...</a>CrimeLeicesterDomestic violenceCricketUK newsFri, 07 Apr 2017 13:25:21 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/apr/07/man-who-beat-wife-with-cricket-bat-is-jailed-after-misleading-courtPhotograph: Greater Manchester Police/PAPhotograph: Greater Manchester Police/PAFrances Perraudin North of England reporter2017-04-07T13:25:21ZCricketer's suspended sentence for beating wife with bat to be reviewedhttps://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/apr/05/cricketer-mustafa-bashir-spared-jail-after-beating-wife-with-bat-faces-sentence-review
<p>Judge orders review of Mustafa Bashir’s sentence because ‘further information’ has become available to court</p><p>A man who beat his wife with a cricket bat and forced her to drink bleach is to have his sentence reviewed. </p><p> Mustafa Bashir, 34, was given a suspended sentence at Manchester crown court in March after admitting assaulting his wife, Fakhara Karim, 33. </p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/apr/05/cricketer-mustafa-bashir-spared-jail-after-beating-wife-with-bat-faces-sentence-review">Continue reading...</a>CrimeUK newsLeicesterCricketSportDomestic violenceSocietyWed, 05 Apr 2017 13:06:18 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/apr/05/cricketer-mustafa-bashir-spared-jail-after-beating-wife-with-bat-faces-sentence-reviewPhotograph: Pat Isaacs/Cavendish PressPhotograph: Pat Isaacs/Cavendish PressFrances Perraudin North of England reporter2017-04-05T13:06:18ZPaul Stibbe obituaryhttps://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/mar/30/paul-stibbe-obituary
<p>My dad, Paul Stibbe, who has died aged 93, had a life of extraordinary complexity and diversity. Although he was born into a family of wealthy Leicester industrialists, of Dutch-Jewish background, his early life, as the son of Jessie (nee Mather) and Edward Stibbe – of nannies, chauffeurs, and boarding schools – was disrupted by the outbreak of the second world war. In 1942 he joined the RAF as a mechanic.</p><p>After the war, his older brother Philip began a career in education and it was left to Paul to follow his father’s footsteps into the family business, Stibbe Machinery, one of the largest employers in Leicester. Demobbed in 1946, he spent the next decade forging new trade links with Europe. In 1955 he went to the London School of Economics, where his tutors included Ralph Miliband and Karl Popper. There, disillusioned with the values of his parents’ generation, he became an active Labour supporter.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/mar/30/paul-stibbe-obituary">Continue reading...</a>BusinessManagementLeicesterUK newsThu, 30 Mar 2017 12:30:54 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/mar/30/paul-stibbe-obituaryPhotograph: Supplied for obituaryPhotograph: Supplied for obituaryMatthew Stibbe2017-03-30T12:30:54Z